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I was wondering if the following migration is possible with Django south and still retain data.
Before:
I currently have two apps, one called tv, one called movies, each with a VideoFile model (simplified here):
tv/models.py:
class VideoFile(models.Model):
show = models.ForeignKey(Show, blank=True, null=True)
name = models.CharField(max_length=1024, blank=True)
size = models.IntegerField(blank=True, null=True)
ctime = models.DateTimeField(blank=True, null=True)
movies/models.py:
class VideoFile(models.Model):
movie = models.ForeignKey(Movie, blank=True, null=True)
name = models.CharField(max_length=1024, blank=True)
size = models.IntegerField(blank=True, null=True)
ctime = models.DateTimeField(blank=True, null=True)
After:
Because the two videofile objects are so similar I want to get rid of duplication and create a new model in a separate app called media that contains a generic VideoFile class and use inheritance to extend it:
media/models.py:
class VideoFile(models.Model):
name = models.CharField(max_length=1024, blank=True)
size = models.IntegerField(blank=True, null=True)
ctime = models.DateTimeField(blank=True, null=True)
tv/models.py:
class VideoFile(media.models.VideoFile):
show = models.ForeignKey(Show, blank=True, null=True)
movies/models.py:
class VideoFile(media.models.VideoFile):
movie = models.ForeignKey(Movie, blank=True, null=True)
So my question is, how can I accomplish this with django-south and still maintain existing data?
All three these apps are already managed by south migrations and according to the south documentation it